Oh no, since some people drown in water, now I am getting a drowning tax on my monthly water bill!

( Insurance is like the rain which both waters and destroys... )

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When I was checking out of my last apartment, sitting on the floor, while the cleaning women buzzed around me, I made calls, mostly updating billers, etc., with my new address info.  I gave up on the Social Security Administration because they leave people hanging on the line ad infinitum.  So, I asked a woman working for the Illinois Dept. of ( Read more... )

I started this a while back...

( It's just common sense... )

Well, another bad day.  Since those cleaning days were one-after-another, then the aftereffects were cumulative.  I am thinking that I might be able to mow the lawn tomorrow, and then go to library, or else Saturday.  If I go downtown/library, I will have nothing prepared with me.  So, that will have to be another day ( Read more... )

I recall Hillary Clinton, herself, saying it.  It was a long time ago, probably during her husband's administration.  She was describing a tactic used by Republicans at the time.  And it is a tactic used by bullies, deniers, power-seekers, jerks and just plain idiots just about everywhere.  It is a kind of paranoid superstition.  She said that ( Read more... )

I almost didn't do it, but today I managed to finally trek to stores.  (Not the super-long trek to the bog box stores).  Since I was not entirely well, the whole adventure took a lot out of me, especially my faith in humanity ( Read more... )

I have been having one of my central/front mega-headaches that is intractable as a giant tree-stump. I have been sleeping a huge amount, trying to shake it, but no ducks. Lucky that I have actually been able to sleep, though - that helps in other areas. I believe these rare headache gems, which feel like dead cells, might sometimes result when I ( Read more... )

It is not possible for me to take a political side concerning the issue of illegal immigration. Not only is the issue more complex than is presented, both Dems and GOPpers disingenuously use it for political advantage, even as both parties secretly want illegal immigration to continue, if not to increase. Add to that a more global context, and the ( Read more... )

There has been so much irony exuding naturally throughout this dysfunctional election season, (which comprises about 12 regular seasons).  For example, Bernie WOULD have been, "the First Woman President," but was instead supplanted by the hypocritical, misogynist Clintons - and of course Trump. Or, the DNC was chided for rigging the convention and ( Read more... )